Swansea City manager Garry Monk says the club will turn down any potential bids for Bafetimbi Gomis – who has scored in the first four Premier League games of the season – despite the 30-year-old France international having a £7m clause in his contract.

France striker Olivier Giroud, 28, claims it is obvious Arsenal need “several good attackers” and says it would have been “good” if the club had signed his compatriot Karim Benzema, 27, from Real Madrid.

And finally…

Everton fans at White Hart Lane provided a show of defiance after Chelsea’s pursuit of John Stones by singing a modified rendition of The Beatles classic Can’t Buy Me Love, instead singing “Money can’t buy you Stones”.